Steven Alan Hassan, PhD, MA, MEd, LMHC, NCC 716 Beacon Street #590443 Newton, Massachusetts 02459 (617) 396-4638, Fax (617) 628-8153 Email: [email protected] Web: freedomofmind.com and freedomfromundueinfluence.org SUMMARY A licensed mental health professional, cult expert and undue influence expert with professional experience in the United States and abroad including consulting, coaching, speaking, media appearances, activism, writing, researching, teaching, intervention and recovery services, and expert witness work to assist individuals and families with problems related to undue influence including brainwashing, mind control, and unethical hypnosis. Expertise includes undue influence in cases of destructive one-on-one relationships, families, parental alienation, mini-cults, religious cults, therapy and self-improvement groups, professional abuse, institutional abuse, corporations, multi-level marketing, political groups, human trafficking, hate, and violent extremism, and other undue influence situations. CREDENTIALS PhD Fielding Graduate University, School of Leadership Studies, Organizational Development and Change (ODC) (2020) MA Fielding Graduate University, School of Leadership Studies, Organizational Development & Change, (2020) MEd Cambridge College, Masters in Education in Counseling Psychology, Cambridge, MA (1985) Hassan, Steven A., CV Revised 11/17/2020 Page 1 National Certification National Board of Certified Counselors: Nationally Certified Counselor, Cert. No. 43226 MA Licensure Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Licensed ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Mental Health Counselor, #820 (1992-) Additional Professional Training American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law American Society for Clinical Hypnosis conferences Attachment Pathology American Psychological Association Dissociative Disorders Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy workshops and conferences International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress International Society of Hypnosis workshops and conferences National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Neuro-Linguistic Programming extensive training (NLP) 1980-1981 New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Phobia and Panic Disorders Strategic and Structural Family Therapy Honors and Awards Recipient of the Margaret Thaler Singer Award, given by International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) 2014 Recipient of the Jerusalem Medal given with gratitude by Nahum Itzkovitz, Director General of the Israel Ministry of Social Affairs and Services, 2010 SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Independent Practice in counseling and consulting. (Newton, MA) (1985-) ​ Founding Director & President, Freedom of Mind Resource Center. (Newton, MA) (1999-) ​ Founding Director, Freedom From Undue Influence, a division of the non-profit Dare ​ Association, Inc. (Newton, MA) (2017-) Professional staff trainer. Presented a staff training workshop at Ellenhorn, a private Program for ​ Assertive Community Treatment (PACT), in Arlington, MA. Teacher of Elective Course for 4th Year Psychiatry Students: Helping people influenced by ​ ​ Undue Influence: Hypnosis, Destructive Cults, and Traffickers, for the Harvard Longwood ​ ​ ​ Psychiatry Residency Training Program, affiliated with Harvard Medical School. (Boston MA) (2018-) Instructor, Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop (Cambridge, MA) (2x a year 2016-) ​ Presenter in the course Spirituality, Religion, and Psychiatry in the Harvard Longwood ​ Psychiatry Residency Training Program, affiliated with Harvard Medical School. (1999-) Presenter, Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Undue Influence: An Introduction to ​ ​ ​ ​ Destructive Cults, Mind Control, Brainwashing and Deprogramming, affiliated with ​ Harvard Medical School. (Boston, MA) (2017) ​ ​ Presenter, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Boston University School of Medicine. (Boston, MA) ​ ​ ​ Hassan, Steven A., CV Revised 11/17/2020 Page 2 (2016) ​ ​ Presenter, Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Grand Rounds, affiliated with Harvard Medical ​ School (Boston, MA) (2003) ​ ​ ​ ​ National Coordinator, FOCUS: Developing programs to provide information, counseling and ​ support to former cult members (1985-1986) Founder, Ex-Moon Inc.: Founder and first President of this nonprofit educational corporation ​ serving as an information and support network for over four hundred former cult members. (1979-1981) Former Consultant/Instructor, Fox Valley Technical College ​ Former Clinical Affiliate in Psychology, McLean Hospital (Belmont, MA). ​ Former Guest Faculty, Cambridge Family Institute ​ Presenter of other lectures, workshops, and trainings at hundreds of universities, colleges, ​ churches, synagogues and community centers including: Boston Psychoanalytic Society British Society for Medical and Dental Hypnosis – Scotland, October 2016 American Bar Association's Conference on Tort and Religion American Psychological Association - 2001 American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Eastern Regional Conference on Multiple Personality and Dissociation The International Congress of Hypnosis Massachusetts General Hospital McLean Hospital SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Books Hassan, Steven (2019) The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President ​ ​ Uses Mind Control. New York: Simon and Schuster. Hassan, Steven (2018) Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-Selling Guide to Protection, ​ Rescue and Recovery from Destructive Cults Newton, Massachusetts: Freedom of Mind ​ Press. Hassan, Steven (2012, 2013) Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, ​ Cults and Beliefs, Newton, Massachusetts: Freedom of Mind Press ​ Hassan, Steven (2000) Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves ​ Somerville, Massachusetts: Freedom of Mind Press. This book has also been published in Chinese, Persian, Polish, and Russian. Hassan, Steven A. (1988,1990). Combatting Cult Mind Control. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street ​ ​ Press. This book has also been published in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Slovak, Spanish, and Russian. Book Chapters Forthcoming: Hassan, S.; Caven-Atack, J. and Shah, M. (2020). Fringe Actor Terrorism: Societal Influence and Social Media Impact on Violence. In J. Holzer, P. Recupero, P. Gill, and A. Dew. (Ed.), LONE-ACTOR TERRORISM: An Integrated Framework. Oxford University ​ ​ Press USA. Hassan, S., Caven-Atack, J. (2020) Anti-Semitism in Cults and Hate Groups. In: H. S. Moffic et al. (eds.), Anti-Semitism and Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37745-8_23 ​ Hassan, Steven A., CV Revised 11/17/2020 Page 3 Hankir A.Z., Hassan S. (2019) Psychological Determinants and Social Influences of Violent Extremism. In: Moffic H., Peteet J., Hankir A., Awaad R. (eds) Islamophobia and Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00512-2_32 ​ Hassan, Steven. (1994). Chapter 6: Strategic Intervention Therapy. In Shupe, A. & Bromley, D. (Ed.), Anti-cult Movements in Cross-cultural Perspective. New York: Garland ​ ​ Peer-reviewed Journal Article Hassan, S. A., & Shah, M. J. (2019). The anatomy of undue influence used by terrorist cults and traffickers to induce helplessness and trauma, so creating false identities. Ethics, Medicine ​ and Public Health, 8, 97–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2019.03.002 ​ ​ ​ ​ Hassan, S. A. (2020). The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control: Undue Influence, Thought Reform, Brainwashing, Mind Control, Trafficking and the Law. Fielding Graduate University doctoral dissertation. Other Articles Hassan, Steven (9/1/2020). Trump's QAnon followers are a dangerous cult. How to save someone who's been brainwashed. NBC Think: Opinion, Analysis, Essays. Article available online at https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-qanon-followers-are-dangerous-cult-ho w-save-someone-ncna1239828. ​ Hassan, Steven (10/13/19). Take It From a Former Moonie: Trump Is a Cult Leader: It might seem an outrageous proposition to compare Donald Trump to a murderous cult leader. And yet there are alarming parallels. The Daily Beast. Available online at https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/steven-hassan. ​ Hassan, Steven (2017) Brainwashing Young People into Violent Extremist Cults, Freedom from Fear magazine of The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (Unicri.it) http://f3magazine.unicri.it/?p=1353 ​ ​ ​ ​ Hassan, Steven (1999) Spiritual Responsibility: Cult Awareness March/April issue of New Age ​ ​ Journal Hassan, Steven and Surya Das (1996) Spiritual Responsibility: Avoiding Abuses and Pitfalls ​ Along the Spiritual Path (1996) booklet ​ Curriculum Co-developer of Ending the Game with Rachel Thomas, Carissa Phelps and D’Lita Miller–an ​ ​ intervention curriculum for women who have been sex trafficked to understand pimp/ trafficker mind control www.endingthegame.com ​ Hassan, Steven A. (1984). Exit-Counseling: Working to Undo the Shackles of Cult Mind Control. ​ ​ Reprinted in Cults and Consequences (1988). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Jewish ​ ​ Federation. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Hassan, Steven; Troy, David; Stewartson, Jim; and Kane, Desiree (10/21/20). Dismantling QAnon. TEDxMidAtlantic. Available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QbEcG8O-L8. ​ Hassan, Steven (11/19/2019). The Cult of Trump Belmont Books Talk. Presented in Belmont, ​ ​ MA. Available online at https://vimeo.com/374319091. ​ ​ Hassan, Steven (11/10/2019). Steven Hassan: The Cult of Trump - 11/10/19. Presented